Schedule 1
	 — 
	The Adoption and Children Act Register

Amendments made: 10,page116, leave out lines 5 to 12 and insert—
	“(2A) Regulations may make provision permitting the disclosure of prescribed information entered in the register, or compiled from information entered in the register—
	(a) to an adoption agency or to a Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish adoption agency for any prescribed purpose, or
	(b) for the purpose of enabling the information to be entered in a register which is maintained in respect of Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland and which contains information about children who are suitable for adoption or prospective adopters who are suitable to adopt a child.”’.
	Amendment 11, page 116, line 13, after ‘(4)’ insert—
	‘—
	(a) .’
	Amendment 12, page116,line13, at end insert—
	‘, and
	(b) after “(2)” insert “or (2A)”.’.
	Amendment 13,page116,line17, at end insert—
	( ) in paragraph (a) after “(2)” insert “or (2A)”,’.
	Amendment 14,page116,line21, leave out ‘(2A)(a)’ and insert— ‘(2A)’.
	Amendment 15,page116,line22, leave out ‘after “subsection” insert—
	“(2A)(b) or”’ and insert ‘for “to whom information is disclosed under subsection (3)” substitute “in respect of information disclosed under subsection (2A) or (3)”’.—(Mr Timpson.)

Clause 8
	 — 
	Contact: post-adoption

Schedule 3
	 — 
	Special educational needs: consequential amendments

Clause 87
	 — 
	Shared parental leave

Amendment made: 26, page66,leave out line 34 and insert—
	‘(b) a person who is an employer or former employer of such a person.
	‘(2A) In subsection (2)(b) “employer”, in relation to a person falling within subsection (2)(a) who is an employed earner, includes a person who is a secondary contributor as regards that employed earner.
	(2B) The conditions as to employment or self-employment that may be specified in provision under section 75E(2) or (5) or 75G(2) or (5) include conditions as to being in employed or self-employed earner’s employment.
	(2C) In subsections (2A) and (2B)—
	“employed earner” and “self-employed earner” have the meaning given by section 2 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, subject for these purposes to the effect of regulations made under section 2(2)(b) of that Act (persons who are to be treated as employed or self-employed earners);
	“employment”, in the case of employment as an employed or self-employed earner, has the meaning given by section 122 of that Act;
	“secondary contributor”, as regards an employed earner, means a person who—
	(a) is indicated by section 7(1) of that Act, as that subsection has effect subject to section 7(2) of that Act, as being a secondary contributor as regards the earner, or(b) is indicated by regulations under section 7(2) of that Act as being a person to be treated as a secondary contributor as regards the earner.’.—
	(Mr Timpson.)

Schedule 7
	 — 
	Statutory rights to leave and pay: further amendments

Amendment made: 27,page194,line2, at end insert—
	40A In section 230 (meaning of “employee”, etc), after subsection (6) there is inserted—
	(7) This section has effect subject to section 75K(2A) and (2C).” ’.—(Mr Timpson.)

Clause 107
	 — 
	Transitional, transitory or saving provision

Amendment made: 28, page113,line39,at end insert—
	‘(2) Subsections (3) to (5) apply if section 85(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (“the 2012 Act”) comes into force on or before the day on which this Act is passed.
	(3) Section 85 of the 2012 Act (removal of £5,000 limit on certain fines on conviction by magistrates’ court) applies in relation to the following offences as if the offences were relevant offences (as defined in section 85(3) of that Act)—
	(a) the offence contained in the new section 51C(4) to be inserted into the Childcare Act 2006 by paragraph 13 of Schedule 4 to this Act;
	(b) the offence contained in the new section 51F(1) to be inserted into that Act by paragraph 13 of that Schedule;
	(c) the offence contained in the new section 61D(4) to be inserted into that Act by paragraph 26 of that Schedule;
	(d) the offence contained in the new section 61G(1) to be inserted into that Act by paragraph 26 of that Schedule;
	(e) the offence contained in the new section 69C(6) to be inserted into that Act by paragraph 36 of that Schedule;
	(f) the offence contained in the new section 76B(3) to be inserted into that Act by paragraph 46 of that Schedule.
	(4) Section 85 of the 2012 Act (removal of £5,000 limit on certain fines on conviction by magistrates’ court) applies in relation to the power in the new section 69A(1)(b) to be inserted into the Childcare Act 2006 by paragraph 35 of Schedule 4 to this Act as if the power were a relevant power (as defined in section 85(3) of the 2012 Act).
	(5) Regulations described in section 85(11) of the 2012 Act may amend, repeal or otherwise modify a provision of this Act or the Childcare Act 2006.’.—(Mr Timpson.)
	Third Reading
	Queen’s consent signified.